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TIL: Andrew Jackson’s parrot was ejected from his funeral for swearing

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R5LOQ TIL that there was a prequel comic series to the film Wall-E. It ran for 8 issues from 2009-2010 but was discontinued.
loAbN TIL in 1995 a man broke into the California National Guard Armory, stole a Tank, and went on a rampage through San Diego
a8YXJ TIL the most prolific man-eating lions were a pride of 15 in the Njombe region of Tanzania that claimed as many as 1,500 lives between 1932-1947. Unlike most lions, the Njombe pride did its killing in the afternoon, using the night hours to travel as far as 15 or 20 miles to an unsuspecting village.
4j5 TIL that strawberries aren’t actually berries, but bananas, avocados, pumpkins and watermelons are.
4Xvk5 TIL in the 1970s, physicists used a diapered ferret to assist them in cleaning the inside of a particle accelerator. The ferret, named Felicia, made dozens of runs before retiring as a pet on a mink farm.